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Two large ships ran aground in the USA and the Dominican Republic
The accidents, which did not cause injuries or damage, occurred to the container ship "Ever Forward" and the cruise ship "Norwegian Space"
March 15, 2022
Yesterday even a large cruise ship ran aground on a sandbar in puerto Plata bay, republic Dominican. This is the Norwegian Scape unit of the Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) which has 4,841 people on board, including 3,223 passengers and 1,618 crew members. The ship, which is 326 meters long and has a gross tonnage of 164,998 tons, it has no suffered damage and could resume navigation today with rising tides. According to the first reconstructions, the accident - which did not cause injuries - was determined from the strong wind.
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